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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7689138" data-attributes="member: 6775031">I've never claimed that you're badly hurt. I'm just saying that every hurt is physical. The system doesn't really do "badly hurt, but still alive"; it's an inherent limitation in the model. It's a concession so that we end up with a playable system.I'll also note that the fighter probably isn't standing there in his underwear. The default assumption of the system, just like how the fighter is actually fighting back, says that the fighter is probably wearing armor during combat. Just about anyone that the system could care to model is either wearing armor (like a fighter) or supernaturally tough (like a dragon) or is some flavor of magic (like a wizard or monk).That just places an upper bounds on the contribution from luck, relative to skill and toughness. No matter how lucky that orc is, it's not possible to be lucky enough to overcome the supernatural durability of a level 3 paladin wearing armor.Plot armor is right out, though. Maybe plot armor is why that 8-point axe hit didn't kill you, but if you couldn't look down and see some physical injury that corresponded to the impact of a weapon, then you wouldn't know that you needed a poultice or a healing potion or whatever to recover from it. You'd have fighters walking around with 3/50 hit points, thinking that they're just fine.</blockquote>